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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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14 December 1832 | 201/234 | 85.90 | |
Whig | 101 | 50.25 | |
Tory | 100 | 49.75 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.50 | |
5 March 1833 Petition - John Shaw-Lefevre unseated and Sir William Joliffe, bt declared elected. | |||
7 January 1835 | 190/287 | 66.20 | |
Radical | 103 | 54.21 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 45.79 | |
Majority | 16 | 8.42 | |
25 August 1837 | 249/320 | 77.81 | |
Conservative Party | 125 | 50.20 | |
Radical | 124 | 49.80 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.40 | |
14 February 1838 Petition - Sir William Joliffe, bt unseated and Cornthwaite Hector declared elected. | |||
29 June 1841 | 352 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1847 | 380 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 July 1852 | 353 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1857 | 331 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 332 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1865 | 296 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1866 Elevation of Sir William Joliffe, bt to the Peerage - Baron Hylton of Hylton. | |||
23 July 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1868 | 592/774 | 76.49 | |
Liberal Party | 370 | 62.50 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 37.50 | |
Majority | 148 | 25.00 | |
3 February 1874 | 733/870 | 84.25 | |
Conservative Party | 372 | 50.75 | |
Liberal Party | 361 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.50 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1 April 1880 | 726/801 | 90.64 | |
Liberal Party | 406 | 55.92 | |
Conservative Party | 320 | 44.08 | |
Majority | 86 | 11.85 | |
April 1885 William Nicholson announced his seccession from the Liberal party and his intention to contest the next General Election as a Liberal-Conservative. He was subsequently adopted by the local Conservative association. | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,846/8,202 | 83.47 | |
Liberal Party | 3,414 | 49.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,253 | 47.52 | |
Independent Conservative | 179 | 2.61 | |
Majority | 161 | 2.35 | |
13 July 1886 | 6,265/8,202 | 76.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,188 | 50.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,077 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.77 | |
15 July 1892 | 6,920/8,431 | 82.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,912 | 56.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,008 | 43.47 | |
Majority | 904 | 13.06 | |
13 July 1895 | 8,498 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 May 1897 Death of William Wickham. | |||
8 June 1897 | 7,076/8,474 | 83.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,748 | 52.97 | |
Liberal Party | 3,328 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 420 | 5.94 | |
3 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 January 1906 | 8,602/9,983 | 86.17 | |
Conservative Party | 4,349 | 50.56 | |
Liberal Party | 4,253 | 49.44 | |
Majority | 96 | 1.12 | |
22 January 1910 | 9,873/11,110 | 88.87 | |
Conservative Party | 6,279 | 63.60 | |
Liberal Party | 3,594 | 36.40 | |
Majority | 2,685 | 27.20 | |
3 December 1910 | 11,110 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 December 1918 | 14,997/28,473 | 52.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 10,730 | 71.55 | |
Labour Party | 4,267 | 28.45 | |
Majority | 6,463 | 43.10 | |
15 November 1922 | 19,636/29,873 | 65.73 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,600 | 64.17 | |
Labour Party | 7,036 | 35.83 | |
Majority | 5,564 | 28.34 | |
6 December 1923 | 18,598/30,692 | 60.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,195 | 65.57 | |
Labour Party | 6,403 | 34.43 | |
Majority | 5,792 | 31.14 | |
29 October 1924 | 20,983/31,627 | 66.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,646 | 69.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,755 | 17.90 | |
Labour Party | 2,582 | 12.31 | |
Majority | 10,891 | 51.90 | |
30 May 1929 | 28,357/41,587 | 68.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,605 | 55.03 | |
Liberal Party | 9,334 | 32.92 | |
Labour Party | 3,418 | 12.05 | |
Majority | 6,271 | 22.11 | |
27 October 1931 | 29,640/43,697 | 67.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,081 | 87.99 | |
Labour Party | 3,559 | 12.01 | |
Majority | 22,522 | 75.99 | |
14 November 1935 | 28,938/45,655 | 63.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,877 | 79.06 | |
Labour Party | 6,061 | 20.94 | |
Majority | 16,816 | 58.11 | |
10 February 1941 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith on appointment as Governor of Burma. (Northstead) | |||
22 February 1941 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 35,707/55,423 | 64.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,838 | 58.36 | |
Liberal Party | 8,269 | 23.16 | |
Common Wealth Movement | 6,600 | 18.48 | |
Majority | 12,569 | 35.20 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 49,486/63,409 | 78.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,201 | 54.97 | |
Labour Party | 15,472 | 31.27 | |
Liberal Party | 6,813 | 13.77 | |
Majority | 11,729 | 23.70 | |
25 October 1951 | 50,797/65,259 | 77.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,845 | 58.75 | |
Labour Party | 15,770 | 31.05 | |
Liberal Party | 5,182 | 10.20 | |
Majority | 14,075 | 27.71 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 35,562/50,994 | 69.74 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,826 | 69.81 | |
Labour Party | 10,736 | 30.19 | |
Majority | 14,090 | 39.62 | |
8 October 1959 | 38,877/52,796 | 73.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,687 | 60.93 | |
Labour Party | 8,278 | 21.29 | |
Liberal Party | 6,912 | 17.78 | |
Majority | 15,409 | 39.64 | |
11 June 1960 Succession of Hon Peter Legh to the Peerage - 4th Baron Newton. | |||
16 November 1960 | 28,700/53,547 | 53.60 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,613 | 54.40 | |
Liberal Party | 8,310 | 28.95 | |
Labour Party | 4,777 | 16.64 | |
Majority | 7,303 | 25.45 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
15 October 1964 | 43,710/57,983 | 75.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,603 | 54.00 | |
Liberal Party | 11,338 | 25.94 | |
Labour Party | 8,477 | 19.39 | |
Loyalist | 292 | 0.67 | |
Majority | 12,265 | 28.06 | |
31 March 1966 | 45,738/60,404 | 75.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,933 | 52.33 | |
Liberal Party | 10,931 | 23.90 | |
Labour Party | 10,874 | 23.77 | |
Majority | 13,002 | 28.43 | |
18 June 1970 | 50,270/69,608 | 72.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,414 | 60.50 | |
Labour Party | 10,307 | 20.50 | |
Liberal Party | 7,783 | 15.48 | |
Independent | 1,766 | 3.51 | |
Majority | 20,107 | 40.00 | |
Richard Digby was nominated by the Petersfield Independent Political Association which was formed in May 1969 by a number of former members of the local Liberal Association. | |||
28 February 1974 | 59,688/73,607 | 81.09 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,732 | 51.49 | |
Liberal Party | 21,152 | 35.44 | |
Labour Party | 7,703 | 12.91 | |
Independent | 101 | 0.17 | |
Majority | 9,580 | 16.05 | |
10 October 1974 | 56,809/74,241 | 76.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,689 | 50.50 | |
Liberal Party | 19,702 | 34.68 | |
Labour Party | 8,301 | 14.61 | |
United Democratic Party | 117 | 0.21 | |
Majority | 8,987 | 15.82 | |
3 May 1979 | 64,107/81,887 | 78.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 39,200 | 61.15 | |
Liberal Party | 16,825 | 26.25 | |
Labour Party | 8,082 | 12.61 | |
Majority | 22,375 | 34.90 | |